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"This soldier's name is Bean, sir.""Get that for size or for brains?" The other boys laughed a little. "Well, Bean, you're right onto things. Nowlisten to me, because this matters. Nobody's going to get through that door without a good chance of getting hit.In the old days, you had ten, twenty seconds before you even had to move. Now if you aren't already streamingout of the door when the enemy comes out, you're frozen. Now, what happens when you're frozen?""Can't move," one of the boys said."That's what frozen means," Enden said. "But what happens to you?"It was Bean, not intimidated at all, who answered intelligently. "You keep going in the direction you started in.At the speed you were going when you were flashed.""That's true. You five, there on the end, move!"Startled, the boys looked at each other, Ender flashed them all. "The next five, move!"They moved. Ender flashed them, too, but they kept moving, heading toward the walls. The first five, though,were drifting uselessly near the main group."Look at these so-called soldiers," Ender said. "Their commander ordered them to move, and now look at them.Not only are they frozen, they're frozen right here, where they can get in the way. While the others, because theymoved when they were ordered, are frozen down there, plugging up the enemy's lanes, blocking the enemy'svision. I imagine that about five of you have understood the point of this. And no doubt Bean is one of them.Right, Bean?"He didn't answer at first. Ender looked at him until he said, "Right, sir."第 171 页 共 340 页http://www.en8848.com.cn/ 原 版 英 语 阅 读 网